When the United States erupted in protests across the country last summer, footage of buildings on fire and protesters being thrown to the ground by police dominated social media. My desire to drink ...

Alcoholics Anonymous was established as a form of benign anarchy. Members have to want to help themselves—and one another. In Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person’s Guide to Being an ...

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Alcoholics Anonymous was founded 80 years ago. It has spawned a host of other groups dealing with every manner of compulsion, writes Chris Stokel-Walker. "My name is Peter and I'm an alcoholic." It's ...

AA preaches self-transformation not by medicine but “through an inventory of your psyche.” ...

EAST DORSET — An organization that has helped millions around the world work toward sobriety can trace its origins to the cozy parlor of a modest hotel in southern Vermont. That’s the room where Bill ...

A new study published by the Cochrane Library scientifically proves that Alcoholics Anonymous' (AA) and 12-step programs are effective in treating alcohol use disorder. The study partially funded by ...

Rep. Sykes honored the 90th anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous, founded Ohio, her home state. She highlighted its global reach, origins in a meeting between two recovering alcoholics, and its mission ...

Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of people stop drinking. Drawing on his long friendship with Barry Humphries and the experience of Anthony Hopkins, Ross Fitzgerald reflects on sobriety, ...

Edward Dowling, S.J., third row, far left, at St. Stanislaus Seminary, Florissant, Mo., on June 7, 1921. (Courtesy of Jesuit Archives & Research Center) When 21-year-old Edward Dowling entered ...